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2021.54.3

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Transcript of the petition of Henry Nisbet, Tobermory Procurator Fiscal, against Lachlan McLean (merchant, Totronald, Coll) and John McLean (merchant, Totronald, Coll) relating to the theft of copper and other substances from the wreck of the Barque Mandane of Sunderland. The thefts occurred at or near the beach at Crossapol and the adjoining beach of Breachacha on the Isle of Coll.

Statements are provided by:
Lachlan McLean (above)
John McLean (above)
Donald Kennedy (Crofter, Kilbride, Coll)
Hugh MacInnes (Labourer, Breachacha, Coll)
Lachlan Maclean (son of John McLean, Ballard, Coll)
Archibald McLean (Labourer, Breachacha, Coll)
Eliza Kay (daughter of Allan Kay, Breachacha, Coll)
Donald McColl (Grieve, Breachacha, Coll)
Donald Maclean (Sheriff Officer, Mippost, Coll)
Allan Cameron (Police Officer, Tobermory)
Niel McPhail (Sheriff Officer, Tobermory)

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

2021.54.2

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Transcript of Inventory of Precognition against Donald MacKinnon (Arinagour, Coll), Donald Macfarlane (Arinagour, Coll) and Lachlan MacFadyen (Arnabost, Coll) regarding the theft of silk ribbons from the wreck of the Barque Mandane in August 1850. The Mandane was wrecked at Crossapol, Isle of Coll, on 19 August 1850.

Statements are provided by:

Donald MacKinnon (Arinagour, Coll), Angus McFadyen (crofter, Arinagour, Coll)
Donald Macfarlane (Arinagour, Coll)
Lachlan MacFadyen (Arnapost, Coll)
Niel McLean (Crofter, Kilbride, Coll)
Catherine McFarlane (Arinagour, Coll)
Norman McLean (Labourer, Treeland, Coll)
Lachlan Johnstone (Ground Officer, Cliad, Coll)
Niel McLean (Tenant, Crossapol, Coll)
Niel Smith (Agent in Tobermory, now residing in Glasgow)
William Ewing (Insurance Broker, Glasgow)
James Dalzell (Agent for Underwriters, Glasgow)
Allan Cameron (Police Officer, Tobermory)
Niel McPhail (Sheriff Officer, Tobermory)

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

2020.1.19

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Letter from John Glaister, Glasgow University, to Superintendent Donald Archibald MacLean, Linlithgow police office, 1951, thanking him for “photographs in connection with the identification of a body, following prolonged sea immersion”. Thought to be part of a murder case. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.

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2014.115.24

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Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 456, 11/12/2009

Local news: report on boat-building and restoration course; report on Christmas craft fayre; Tiree Community Business chairman’s report; S5 pupils say thank you for support of mountain climb; TRD’s cinema wins funding award; hoax telephone calls; managment of campervans; in influx of house mice; letter to the editor from Derrick Wolstencroft in Spain; New York marathon update by Matt Boyd; announcing Tiree Association scholarship awards; announcing Christmas lights competition; report on the Think Pink fundraising event at the Lodge Hotel.

2014.25.7

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Book `Whisky Wars, Riots and Murder`, 2013

Softback book by Malcolm Archibald about the darker side of Scottish history in the 19th century, when crime was commonplace and the forces of law and order battled to bring peace to a troubled land.

1997.8.2.1

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Photocopied precognititon and indictment of six Tiree men for theft, pillaging, plundering, stouthrief and assault in March 1934.

(1) Account of the shipwreck and looting of its cargo by the inhabitants of Tiree, the stabbing of watchman Archibald MacNeill of Hough in the leg and the outcome of the trial. (2) Description of the charges against John Beaton, Archibald Kennedy, Donald MacMillan, Malcolm MacMillan, Peter MacDonald and James Black, a list of witnesses and their testimony.

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